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Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 for Visual Studio 2015 > General Reference > Run-time System Configuration > Run-time Switches > List of General Run-time Switches > Z run-time switch

Z run-time switch

Enables conversion of double-byte character set (DBCS) spaces to ASCII spaces when reading a line sequential file or input from the console.
Restriction: These switches are supported for native COBOL only.

Properties:

Default: Off
Type: General

Comments:

DBCS spaces such as x"8140" for Shift-JIS and x"A1A1" for EUC in Japanese environments are converted to ASCII spaces x"2020".

Parent topic: List of General Run-time Switches
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